(28 Feb 2004)
1. Various of presidential palace
2. Men driving a black van with open doors
3. Various of gang of men armed with rifles amongst crowd
4. Man putting a red mask on
5. Tracking shot of street
6. Men arguing in a car parked in the middle of road
7. Van crammed with men passing by at high speed followed by fire engine
8. Wide shot of helicopter from the Dominican Republic''''''''''''''''s army landing at the Dominican Republic''''''''''''''''s embassy compound
9. Various of evacuation of Dominican diplomats by Dominican military
10. Wide shot of Dominican helicopter taking off and flying over residential area
STORYLINE:
Rebels in Haiti have continued closing in on Port-au-Prince, the tense capital, and by Saturday were within 40 kilometres (25 miles) of the city.
On Friday, government loyalists were setting barricades on fire, hijacking cars and robbing motorists.
Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide said he wouldn''''''''''''''''t step down, even as the United States (US) pushed him to cede power.
Chaos increasingly engulfed Port-au-Prince as armed thugs hijacked cars at will. Looters hit the capital''''''''''''''''s seaport, stealing almost everything in sight. Crowds jammed into the airport, only to find most flights canceled.
American Airlines canceled flights to the United States, saying its workers couldn''''''''''''''''t reach the airport.
Pentagon officials are weighing the possibility of sending troops to waters off Haiti to guard against a possible refugee crisis and to protect the estimated 20-thousand Americans there. US coastguard vessels are already off coast.
The crisis has been brewing since Aristide''''''''''''''''s party swept flawed legislative elections in 2000 and international donors froze (m) millions of US dollars in aid.
A former priest in Haiti''''''''''''''''s slums, Aristide became the nation''''''''''''''''s first freely-elected leader in 1990. He lost popularity amid accusations he condoned corruption, failed to help the poor and had thugs attack political opponents.
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